GRAND FORKS, N.D. –
University of North
Dakota freshman goaltender Zane Gothberg has been named Western Collegiate
Hockey Association (WCHA) co-Defensive Player of the Week after making 72 saves
in UND’s series split at No. 10 Minnesota State last
weekend.
In North Dakota’s 4-3
win over the Mavericks on Friday, Gothberg made a career-high 37 saves and was
named the game’s first star. One night later, the Thief River Falls, Minn.,
native turned aside 35 of 37 shots and was the third star in a 2-1 overtime
loss. His 72 saves on the weekend were the most by a UND goalie in a 2-game
series this season.
It is the third weekly WCHA award in five weeks for Gothberg, who also earned WCHA Defensive Player of the Week honors on Feb. 12 and was the league’s rookie of the week on Feb. 5. He shared this week’s award with Colorado College senior goalie Joe Howe.
Since Feb. 1,
Gothberg is 4-1-2 and leads all WCHA goaltenders with a .937 save percentage.
Gothberg led the WCHA in winning percentage during league play (.708) and
finished fourth in save percentage. In 15 total starts this season, he is 7-4-3
with a 2.52 goals against average and .918 save
percentage.
Denver sophomore
forward Ty Loney and Minnesota Duluth senior forward Mike Seidel shared WCHA
Offensive Player of the Week honors, while UMD freshman forward Austin Farley
was named WCHA Rookie of the Week.
UND (19-10-7), the
No. 3 seed in the WCHA playoffs, will host Michigan Tech in a best-of-three,
first-round series this weekend in Grand Forks.
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